Washing-machine.



W. 1). WHITNEY.

WASHING MAGHINE. APPLIOATION FILED 00114, 1907.

Patented ,Oct. 6, 1908.

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' Witnesses Z6602 W. D. WHITNEY. WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 14, 1907.

Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

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I/Vi b1 eases attoznugo WILLI D. WHITNEY, or HOLLEY, NEW YORK.

' WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

. Application filed October 14, 1907. Serial No. 397,399.

. chines, and has for its principal object to 1'0- vide an improved form of washingmac ine of that general type in which mechanism is employed for alternately squeezing and releasing the clothes for the the suds therethrough.

A further object of the invention is to improve and simplify the construction of the operating mechanism with a view of minimizing'the pionwer required for the operation of purpose of forcing the mac .With these and other objects in view, as

will more full hereinafter a ear the inveny YP tion consists in certain nove features of constructlon and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out inthe appended claims, it being under-- stood that various changes in the form, proportions, size and minor details of the structure may be made without de arting from the spirit or sacrificing any 0 the advantages of the invention.

. n the accompanying drawings :F;igure 1 is a perspective view of a washing machine constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same. Fig. 3 a transverse sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view similarto Fi 3, illustrating a modification of the invent1on.

Similar numerals of reference are I employed to indicate corresponding arts throughout the several figures of the rawlngs.

The working parts of the machine are supported on a suitable frame including end standards or check plates 10, and cross bars On the frame is mounted a stationary cylindrical casin 12 that preferably is formed of wood, t e top of the casing having a door or cover 13 which may be opened for the insertion and removal of the suds and clothing, and at the bottom of the casing is a 4 tap 14 through which the liquid may run off after the washing operation is completed.

Mounted within the casing 12 is acylindrical cage 15 comprising a pair of end disks 16 that are connected at intervals by longitudinal bars 17, these bars carrying buckets 18 which act during the rotative movement of the machine to carry up the suds from the bottom of the casing and pour the same down'over the clothing.

' From each of the disks 16 projects a hollow hub 19 that is mounted in suitable bearings in the frame and through these hubs extend short shafts 20 to the inner end of each .of which is secured a )erforated disk 21. The 'eriphery of-each dis is provided with note es or grooves to receive the buckets, so that the disks are carried around with the cage during the operation of the machine.

To the rear face of each of the disks is socured a frusto conical tube 23 through which the suds are forced as the disks move toward each other during the squeezing operation.

During the outward or separating movement will be caught and pulled apart as the disks separate, thus facilitating the fresh saturation ofthe clothing during the separation of the disks.

To the outer end of each of the shafts 20 is secured'a cross bar 25 comprising a pair of diametrically opposed arms, on the outer ends of which are mounted a pair of antifriction rollers 26. These rollers are slightly spaced from each other and embrace a stationary cam 27 that is carried bybraokets 28 projecting from the frame. vided with any desirednumber of convolutions for the purpose of effecting reciprocatory movement of the disks one or more times during eachrevolution of the machine.

One of the shaft 20 is extended beyond the' frame and is provided with a suitable the disks wilLbe moved toward and from each- The cams 27 are proother for the purpose of alternately squeezing and releasing the clothes and forcing the suds throu h them.

In t e modified construction shown in Fig. 4, the outer casing 12 has been omitted and the cage is shown as wholly inclosed. In this case it is merely necessary to adda sufiicient number of cross bars 17 to form a complete inclosing casing and to provide the casing with a suitable cover or lid, as indicated at 32.

Iclaim:' q A In a washingimachine, a frame, a stationary casing carried thereby, a revoluble cage arranged Within the casing and comprising end disks having hollow hubs, and cross bars uniting the disks, the hubs being mounted in bearings in the frame, short shafts journaled respectively in the hubs, perforated disks arranged at the inner ends of said shaft, arms arranged at the outer end of each shaft, and

cams carried by the frame and arranged to engage said arms.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as I my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIE D. WHITNEY.

Witnesses: J. Ross CoLnoUN,

JNo. E. PARKER. 

